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    rim flange design/dimensions/specifications in correlation with balance weights

    I'll check tomorrow what I can legally send over. My new job will be for a toy manufacturer, construction bricks.
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    rim flange design/dimensions/specifications in correlation with balance weights

    I work (at least I did, I'm switching job Monday...) for a wheel weight manufacturer. The reality we see is that wheels from different OEM and after market are not closely following the standards, and that's when standards are available at all. The name of the game is to find the wheel weight...
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    rim flange design/dimensions/specifications in correlation with balance weights

    Look at the spec SAE J1986. In it you will find design for C, P, T and MC type flange. Sadly, this spec is far from a complete picture of all possible flange styles (you'll be missing AW, EN, FN, IAW & LH to name just those), and it is next to impossible to acquire information on all types of...
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    symbol identification question, one more

    According to solidworks, this is called "Inclinaison" (french). This would translate as incline, tilt, or angle. From your drawing, I would say you need to bend the tab of material 90 degrees.
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    mechanical or electrical/electronic engineering?

    Save yourself the trouble and go electrical. You seem to be trying to find faults with mechanical engineering so just don't become one.
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    Does anyone use .dxf file format anymore???

    We use dxf as data for laser cutting (usually containing only one dimension, to verify scale), but never as an actual drawing. PDF is our prefered format for released drawings since it cannot be altered unless you're really trying.
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    Part Adhesion To Heated Plate

    I have good results using hair spray on a 3mm thick piece of glass that I clamp on the bed. I have 2 pieces of said glass to be able to let one cool while printing the next part.
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    Containing tools to a specific workcenter

    John, that's exactly what we were doing before, buying tools for every station and keeping some spares in inventory. Every few weeks (or days sometimes...) we'd have to resupply tools. The cost of the tools is minor but the waste of time of always chasing after the tools is the real cost here...
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    Containing tools to a specific workcenter

    I have to disagree with Bill that this is a waste of time. Having someone chase a tool for half an hour every time they need it to fix something that would've otherwise taken 30s to fix is a non-value added activity. I live this every time I need a certain size of allen key... As for a...
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    ABS Deformation

    I don't know if there is something they are doing wrong, but just because your other clients are not complaining does not mean that don't have the problem.
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    Professional Engineers Ontario: Removal of Industrial Exception

    Quebec does not have an industrial exemption, but exempt some workers from the restriction law. The part about the skilled workman confuses me because the way I interpret it, it could include anyone. I did not find a definition of "skilled workman" (but I cannot say that I looked very hard)
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    How to interpret running fit limits per ASME B4.1

    Limits of clearance means you will always have a clearance between 6 and 12.5 thousands of an inch. (0 over + 6 under = 6 clearance, 4 over + 8.5 under = 12.5 clearance)
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    Linked dimension?

    Equations aren`t necessary to do what you want. Simply right click the edge of the rectangle and select mid-point. The ctrl-click on origin to make it horizontal or vertical. Repeat on other side and voila. Another option would be to use the "center rectangle" option from the drop down menu in...
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    Where have my annotation edit options gone?!

    As it was mentioned by MikeMcL, the options you are looking for aren't available when creating the note but can be accessed by clicking on the note once it has been created. I'm using SolidWorks 2011 SP3.

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